PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and aerold foe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). foe is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by not afraid. Joshua Sullivan had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sullivan
vs
foe

225 cm
18
132 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

5th Round

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joshua Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, aerold foe!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
foe shoots in for a takedown but Sullivan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Sullivan clinches up with foe and pushes him back against the cage.
foe gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sullivan.
Sullivan slowing the pace effectively.

Sullivan manages to pull guard.
foe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sullivan tries to strike from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sullivan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sullivan keeping moving, preventing foe from controlling successfully.
Sullivan striking off his back but it's not causing foe any problems.
foe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sullivan is trying to keep foe in close.
Sullivan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sullivan tries to get out of the position.
foe tries to stand but Sullivan is controlling from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
foe scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
foe fails with a takedown attempt.
A jab from foe misses.

Sullivan rushes foe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
foe is pressed up against the cage. Sullivan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag foe down to the mat. foe avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Sullivan rushes foe and presses him up against the cage.
foe is trying to break the clinch but Sullivan is controlling him.
foe has a couple of punches blocked by Sullivan.

Sullivan manages to break the clinch.
foe misses with an uppercut.
Sullivan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. foe defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joshua Sullivan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sullivan closes the distance and clinches.
foe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sullivan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
foe is trying to break the clinch but Sullivan has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
foe can't break the clinch.

Sullivan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
aerold foe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sullivan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but foe swivels and escapes.
foe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
foe fails to land with a series of punches.
foe defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sullivan.
foe stuffs the takedown attempt from Sullivan. Sullivan gets slowly back to his feet.
foe misses with a looping right.

Sullivan closes the distance and clinches.
foe can't break the clinch.
foe is trying to break the clinch but Sullivan is controlling him.

Sullivan gets control of foe's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sullivan will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sullivan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sullivan is breathing heavily.
Sullivan is trying to keep foe in close.
Sullivan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sullivan keeping moving, preventing foe from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan trying to control the position.

Sullivan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sullivan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as foe controls the pace.
foe won't allow Sullivan to sweep him here.
foe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sullivan's head.
foe throwing strikes but missing.

Sullivan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
foe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sullivan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
foe wants to stand but Sullivan is controlling his posture from full guard.
foe sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sullivan's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. foe connects with a nice short shot to Sullivan's temple.
foe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sullivan defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Sullivan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sullivan.
Sullivan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
foe stuffs the takedown attempt from Sullivan. Sullivan gets slowly back to his feet.
foe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
foe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sullivan ducks under a wild hook from foe.
Sullivan stuffs the takedown attempt from foe. foe gets slowly back to his feet.
Sullivan closes this distance looking for a takedown but foe circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joshua Sullivan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
foe misses with a two punch combination.
foe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
foe lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sullivan backs up against the cage.

It looks like Joshua Sullivan has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sullivan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan shoots in and drives through. foe sprawls well.
Sullivan closes this distance looking for a takedown but foe circles away.
foe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
foe ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
foe throws a right and a left that Sullivan avoids nicely.
Sullivan with a poor takedown
and Sullivan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joshua Sullivan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
foe looks to clinch

and Sullivan counters by clinching up.

foe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
foe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sullivan circles away quickly and effectively.
foe throws a right and a left that Sullivan avoids nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sullivan.
foe slaps away a takedown attempt from Sullivan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
foe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
foe slips a jab and a cross from Sullivan.
Sullivan keeps the fight on the outside.
foe scores with the left hand. Sullivan knows he should have avoided that one.

Sullivan has taken the fight to the clinch.
foe wants to get back to striking at distance but Sullivan won't allow it.
foe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sullivan looking for a takedown.
foe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
foe is trying to break free.
foe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
foe wants to break free but Sullivan has control.
foe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sullivan wants a takedown but no success here.
foe fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
foe is trying to break the clinch but Sullivan has him pressed against the cage.

Sullivan jumps guard and drags foe to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
foe postures up.
foe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sullivan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sullivan keeping full guard, as foe tries to pass.
foe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sullivan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sullivan working a defensive guard here.

foe stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
foe moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
foe throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sullivan's waist but Sullivan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing foe off to one side.

Sullivan takes the fight into the clinch.

Sullivan jumps into guard, dragging foe to the mat.

Sullivan is looking for a triangle but foe pushes his legs off easily.
foe wants to control from the top but Sullivan keeps moving.
foe stopping the sweep attempt from Sullivan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

aerold foe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joshua Sullivan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

foe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sullivan looks for a takedown but foe sprawls well.
foe tries to bum rush Sullivan with a series of wild strikes but Sullivan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
foe misses with an uppercut.
foe scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
foe closes the distance looking to clinch

so Sullivan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sullivan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sullivan trying to control the position from guard on top but foe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
foe wants to stand up but Sullivan is controlling him.
Sullivan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sullivan forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sullivan stalling.
Sullivan wants to control but foe is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
foe wants to get back to his feet.
Sullivan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Sullivan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sullivan is looking to take a break and control but foe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
foe wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joshua Sullivan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sullivan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joshua Sullivan!